Limersheim
Encyclopedia
Limersheim is a commune
in the Bas-Rhin
department in Alsace
in north-eastern France
.
. Adjacent communes are Hindisheim
und Nordhouse
. The village is less than a kilometre away from departmental road RD1083, a four lane trunk road which until the extension of the autoroute
network early in the twenty-first century was part of the main north-south highway through Alsace.
The village is located in the Alsace wine
producing area and there is accordingly within it a street named "Rue du Vin". The rich alluvial soil characteristic of the land near this part of the river is also used for the cultivation of other crops including cereals, tobacco
and potatoes.
Communes of France
The commune is the lowest level of administrative division in the French Republic. French communes are roughly equivalent to incorporated municipalities or villages in the United States or Gemeinden in Germany...
in the Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin
Bas-Rhin is a department of France. The name means "Lower Rhine". It is the more populous and densely populated of the two departments of the Alsace region, with 1,079,013 inhabitants in 2006.- History :...
department in Alsace
Alsace
Alsace is the fifth-smallest of the 27 regions of France in land area , and the smallest in metropolitan France. It is also the seventh-most densely populated region in France and third most densely populated region in metropolitan France, with ca. 220 inhabitants per km²...
in north-eastern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
.
Geography
Limersheim is positioned on the Alsace Plain, approximately eight kilometres (five miles) west of the River Rhine and some sixteen kilometres (ten miles) to the south of StrasbourgStrasbourg
Strasbourg is the capital and principal city of the Alsace region in eastern France and is the official seat of the European Parliament. Located close to the border with Germany, it is the capital of the Bas-Rhin département. The city and the region of Alsace are historically German-speaking,...
. Adjacent communes are Hindisheim
Hindisheim
Hindisheim is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.Agriculture retains a leading role in the local economy.-Geography:...
und Nordhouse
Nordhouse
Nordhouse is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department in Alsace in north-eastern France.-References:* *...
. The village is less than a kilometre away from departmental road RD1083, a four lane trunk road which until the extension of the autoroute
A35 autoroute
The A35 autoroute is a toll free highway in north eastern France. It is also known as the autoroute des cigognes and the Voie Rapide du Piémont des Vosges. It connects the German border in the Rhine valley with the Swiss frontier via Strasbourg...
network early in the twenty-first century was part of the main north-south highway through Alsace.
The village is located in the Alsace wine
Alsace wine
Alsace wine or Alsatian wine is produced in the Alsace region in France and is primarily white. These wines, which for historical reasons have a strong Germanic influence, are produced under three different Appellations d'Origine Contrôlées : Alsace AOC for white, rosé and red wines, Alsace Grand...
producing area and there is accordingly within it a street named "Rue du Vin". The rich alluvial soil characteristic of the land near this part of the river is also used for the cultivation of other crops including cereals, tobacco
Tobacco
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
and potatoes.